American prisons are fast becoming the world’s worst nursing homes, increasingly filled with aging criminals who can barely walk, let alone commit another crime. The idea that we should lock up people ...

"We will never be able to change the criminal legal system when there is so much money involved." Credit: Shira Friedman-Parks We, as a country, are in the era of mass incarceration. The U.S. has the ...

America’s federal prisons are decaying and overcrowded, contributing to violence among inmates and undermining opportunities for rehabilitation. But thanks to an infusion of federal cash authorized by ...